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1 Click on the number to preview the article in green Summer 1996 "Robert H. Latta's Legacy Lives On" by Paul H. Calhoun
"Family Tree Yields Presidential Timber" - Excerpt from Ancestors of American Presidents by Carl Boyer 3rd.
"What's up with all these branches?"
"Samuel Rankin Latta's autobiography"
2 Click on the number to preview the article in green Autumn 1996 "Undiscovered History of Branch Number 4,"
"Origins of the Latta name - What's in a Name?"
Newsletter Perspective
"Pioneer Polly" Latta
A spouse's lament
Wit and Wisdom
3 Click on the number to preview the article in green Winter 1997 "Robert H. Latta, compiler of 49 branches - Denver in the 1880's - an autobiography"
"186-year-old love letter"
White House connections
Research Queries
Down at Latta's Mill - By Lawrence Sullivan
4 Click on the number to preview the article in green Summer 1997 Past lives on at Historic Latta Plantation
Which Branch am I?
C.J. Latta, Army Doctor
Research Report - Connections
Latta Sisters reach century mark
5 Click on the number to preview the article in green Autumn 1997 "Uncle Bob" Latta honored for heroism
New feature debuts
Lattas of LaGrange
Newsletter retrospective
Lattas on the Lost Continent of Atlantis?
6 Click on the number to preview the article in green Winter 1998 Tom Latta was boomtown saloonkeeper
Newsletter Retrospective
News from Scotland
7 Click on the number to preview the article in green Summer 1998 "The Erie Years" (Branch 4) Railroad telegrapher's first-hand account
Early Indiana marriages
Researching in Scotland
8 Click on the number to preview the article in green Autumn 1998 Branch 9 - 50th Latta reunion at The Lord's Vineyard
The Research Room
Newsletter Retrospective
"The Erie Years" cont'd
Swamp Notes
Grandiosities Galore
9 Click on the number to preview the article in green Winter 1999 Irish Research Project Announced
The Inn at Lattaville - By Bonnie Peifer
Newsletter Retrospective
"The Erie Years" concludes
Message Boards announced
Historic Latta Hats
10 Click on the number to preview the article in green Summer 1999 Branch 1 - WWII Liberty Ship honored "Father of Indiana Agriculture" - by Lawrence Sullivan
Another John Latta
From the mailbag
T.R.A.I.L. update
11 Click on the number to preview the article in green Autumn 1999 Branch 3 - Fire engine inventors feared for their lives
New Zealand reunion
Real Latta ghost story (Hunt for Hidden Treasure)
Newsletter retrospective
Genuine miscellaney
12 Click on the number to preview the article in green Winter 2000 T.R.A.I.L. Project - Alex reports on his on-site research
The Ulster Plantation - by Virginia Latta Curulla
Alex reports from Northern Ireland
Newsletter retrospective
The Search for the Earliest Latta Family in America
13 Click on the number to preview the article in green Summer 2000 Branch 8 - T.L. Latta plays role in motion picture invention
Latta's Saloon Robbed (Branch 22)
1853 Letter from the Homeland (Branch 3)
Purdue honors Prof. Latta (Branch 1) - Ken Mueller
14 Click on the number to preview the article in green Autumn 2000

 

 

Unraveling the mystery of the Union Bank of Moody, Latto & Demuth
Lattas in the 1881 British Census
Letter from the past
T.R.A.I.L. Update
Letter from Wm. M. Latta (Branches 8 & 9)
15 Click on the number to preview the article in green Winter/Spring 2001 "A Novel Way to Get a Middle Name" (Br. 4) - Sharon Mountford
Reunion information
Do branches 9 and 35 connect?
An Ice Cream Supper (Br. 17) - Betty J. Kitchen
16 Click on the number to preview the article in green Winter 2002 LATTA (Interpretation of the name)- by Alex Latta, Branch 16
Northern Ireland Research
Latta Immigrants to MD and PA - Virginia Latta Curulla
Sarah J. Latta (1852 - 1939)
Letter from John Gilchrist Brodeur
17 Click on the number to preview the article in green Summer 2002

 

1930 U.S. Census Now Available - Mary B. Norr
Latta Newspaper Article from 1899 by Virginia Latchford
Financial Report
8th Grade Education - Jan Patton
Civil War Stories
18 Click on the number to preview the article in green Fall 2002

 

Starting a Family Tree-Connie Sue Latta
Early Generations of Branch 51 - Ken Erdle
The Latta Stone House - Beryl Redfield
Report of 2002 Trip to Ireland - Alex Latta
A Latta Family on Manitoulin Island, Ontario - Marilyn Macneall
Ulster Research Trip
19 Click on the number to preview the article in green Spring 2003 One of the Greatest Generation - Tom Kintigh
Lieutenant Governor John Latta (Branch 3) - James M. Latta
Letter of Henry Latta - Alex Latta
Eliza Hamilton Latta - Donna Moore, Branch 52
Former Editor Paul H. Calhoun Dies
20 Click on the number to preview the article in green Summer 2003

 

Pennsylvania Latta Research - Sue Lattea Cox (Branch 17)
Revised List of Branch Captains                                                     Lockhart Edwin Latta - Alex Latta, Branch 16
George W. Latta, Branch 4 - Anne Taylor
Latta Family (Branch 3) in Nebraska - Sue Lattea Cox                            The Empress of Britain - Tom Kintigh
21 Click on the number to preview the article in green Fall 2003 Alfred Latta, Branch 4 - Connie Leaman
A Brief History of D. G. Latta, and D. G. Latta Limited The Latta Family Association is Growing! - Virginia Latta Curulla                                    David Gilliland Latta - Alex Latta                                                        Diary of Alice Wilma Latta - Diane Nichols
22 Click on the number to preview the article in green Spring 2004

 

"Blackleg" of the Family -  Sue Lattea Cox
Biographical Form of William Carroll Latta, Br. 1 - 1850 - 1935 by Fred Whitford
Revised List of Branch Captains
Spanish Armada Lattas? - by Alan D. Latta
Canadian Census
Introducing Branch #53 - by Alex Latta
Cemetery Records from the Latta, Ontario, Canada Area - by George Latta, Br. 13
Albany, NY Cemetery Records - by George Latta, Br. 13
"A Tie Between Us that Time Cannot Sever" - The Latta Family Letters, 1855-1872 - Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring 1981 - Latter #1
Book Review - The History of My Life and Work - Written by Rev. M. L. Latta - Reviewed by Dorothy Wofford Witherspoon
23 Click on the number to preview the article in green Summer 2004 Death Crashes New Year's Party - by Lawrence Sullivan
Lattas in the 1881 British Census - by Geoffrey W. Latta
Chicken Latta - submitted by Sue Lattea Cox
Letter from William M. Latta - submitted by Alex Latta, Jr.
Branch 12 in Australia - by Belinda Peterson
Slovak Latta Families - by Anna Latta Owens
Latta Descendent Turns 100 - by Cynthia Walker
Latta Wallet - by Keith Latta
Milton Nimmon Latta, Br. 1 - by Larry Sullivan
"A Tie Between Us that Time Cannot Sever" - The Latta Family Letters, 1855-1872 - Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring 1981 - Letter #15
Latta DNA Project - by Bob Hawkins
DNA, A New Weapon in the Arsenal of the Genealogist - by Dr. Harry Isaac Sharp
Don't Forget the State Census Enumerations - by Paula Stuart Warren
Draft Report of Bylaws for the Latta Genealogy  Society - by The Bylaws Committee: Virginia Curulla, Connie Leaman, Bill Latta, and Cathi Vannice.
24 Click on the number to preview the article in green Winter 2004

 

Latta DNA Project - by Bob Hawkins
The Latta Stemple Connection - by Walter S. Stewart
Autobiographical Sketch of Charles Stewart - by Walter S. Stewart
Saltcoats Lattas - by Alan Latta
Torrance and Latta Families - by Keith Latta
Reunion Talking Time - by Marilyn MacNeall

Latta Genealogy Archives Project by Anna Smith

25 Click on the number to preview the article in green Spring 2005

 

Descendants of Albert Latta - Jeannine Latta Noe
Revised List of Branch Captains
Purdue Pays Belated Tribute to "Father of Indiana Argiculture" - Lawrence Sullivan
A Box of Old Latta Letters - Alan Latta
Another Document from the Latta Box - Alan Latta
Letter from Alexander Latta McConnell to Samuel Latta
26 Click on the number to preview the article in  green Summer 2005 Emmit Latta, A Persistent Young Soldier
Hictoric Note on United Empire Loyalists - by Keith Latta, Br. 13
William Latta 1854 in Australia
Descendants of Charles Frederick Orville, Branch 29 - Marsha Frey
Henry Latta Family - by Corrine Afton, Br. 1
The Obituary of Mrs. Latta-Zehr - by Corrine Afton
My Sister Corrine - by Corrine Latta Afton, Br. 1
Latta Service Medals - By Alex Latta
Family Record of Renwick C. Latta - by Shirley Joy and Belinda Peterson
Latta Research in Australia - by Belinda Peterson
Family of Maria Elizabeth Lotta - by Stella Van Note

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